Why Tall Wooden Buildings are On the Rise: An Interview with Perkins+Will's Wood Expert

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Wood. The United States is the largest producer of the natural resource in the world. But yet we rarely see it in commercial, high-rise construction. So we asked a wood expert -- Rebecca Holt at Perkins+Will, an analyst for reThink Wood's recent Tall Wood Survey -- to tell us about its potential benefits.

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Cite: Andrew Galloway. "Why Tall Wooden Buildings are On the Rise: An Interview with Perkins+Will's Wood Expert" 25 Jun 2014. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/517436/why-tall-wooden-buildings-are-on-the-rise-an-interview-with-perkins-will-s-wood-expert> ISSN 0719-8884

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